eTRANSPARENCY CASE STUDY COMPETITION: £150 For All Accepted Cases; £300 Prizes
The eGovernment for Development Information Exchange is seeking short case studies involving use of ICTs to improve public sector transparency in developing/transitional economies. I would like to invite you to submit an e-transparency case study of this type. The required format is given at the end of this message, or you can submit online via Web page: http://www.e-devexchange.org/eGov/casestudy2.htm All cases submitted by OCTOBER 10 2003 will be considered for payment. All case studies accepted for publication will attract a £150 payment. The best three cases -- judged on knowledge-building value -- will attract a total £300 payment. If you have any questions about the competition or case formats, do please contact me. Both cases and author(s) can be made anonymous to protect identities if necessary. To find further background information about our work on e- transparency, see: http://www.e- devexchange.org/eGov/topic2.htm Richard Heeks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Moderator, egov4dev The "eGovernment for Development Information Exchange" project is coordinated by the University of Manchester's Institute for Development Policy and Management. The project is funded and managed by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation as part of the UK Department for International Development's "Building Digital Opportunities" programme. --------------------- FORMAT FOR eTRANSPARENCY CASE STUDIES 1. You: your name and email address (indicate if you wish to remain anonymous in the online version of the case). 2. Title: give your case study a short e-transparency-related title. 3. Organisation: the identity and activities of the main public agency involved in the project (again indicate if you wish the specific name to be anonymous in the online version) ñ we are seeking cases related to the public sector only; if you wish to submit a private sector case, please email me first. 4. Region: the country (unless anonymous) and region of the world in which the organisation is located (e.g. North Africa, South Asia, etc.) -- we are seeking cases from developing or transitional economies only; if you wish to submit a case related to an industrialised country, please email me first. 5. Date: the start date of operation of the project. 6. System Description: you need to describe at least four things here: 6a) What government processes or activities does the system provide information about? 6b) What information is actually provided about the government activities? 6c) Are there any relevant benchmarks or standards or codes of conduct that set standards for activity in this area? 6d) Do those who receive the information have any way to then exert feedback or control over public servants if the information indicates some wrongdoing? (c.200 words max.) You can find a generic model of a transparency system at: http://www.e-devexchange.org/eGov/transpdefn.htm 7. Role of ICT: what type of ICT is used in the project, and what is its role? (c.100 words maximum). 8. Project Drivers/Purpose: why was this project introduced (c.100 words max.)? 9. Stakeholders: who has been affected by this project? Remember to include both sources (the public servants about whom information is reported) and recipients (those who get the information from the e-transparency system). (c.100 words max.) 10. Transparency and the Poor: have any specific actions been undertaken in this project to help involve poor communities, e.g. by delivering information to those communities (c.100 words max)? 11. Impact: what have been the costs and benefits of this application. Try to quantify if possible and be specific about how the project has contributed both to transparency (openness) and accountability (having an impact on the behaviour of public servants) (c.200 words max.)? 12. Evaluation: has there been any formal evaluation of the e- transparency project? Does it appear to be a success, or a mixed success/failure, or a total failure (c.50 words max.)? 13. Enablers/CSFs: what were the main enablers or critical success factors that helped the project (maximum of three factors)? 14. Constraints/CFFs: what were the main constraints/challenges or critical failure factors that caused problems for the project (maximum of three factors)? 15. Recommendations: on the basis of the case, what key actions would you recommend to other e-government practitioners (either best practices to adopt, or mistakes to avoid) (maximum of three recommendations)? 16. Further Information: any relevant Web link or contact name for further info. 17. Author Sources: state two things: a) your role in, or relationship to, the case study; and b) where did you get the information used in writing up the case study? (c.100 words max.) Submit case to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Important Notes: i. Cases may need to be edited prior to being made available online. ii. All case components must be completed. iii. In order to receive a payment, you will need to have a bank account. iv. 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